Social Security Benefits May Have Been Improperly Obtained

Federal agents on Wednesday arrested 75 people in Puerto Rico as part of a bust of alleged Social Security Disability Insurance fraud, one of the largest sweeps since the program was created in the 1950s and the first major one since its rapid expansion during the financial crisis.

As part of the case, the U.S. government said it planned to review and possibly terminate benefits received by about 6,600 people. Investigators said more...